Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,628 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Ida Gray Nelson Rollins (1867-1953)
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John W. Cooper (1873-1966)
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WDIA Radio Station (1947- )
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Noah Thompson (1878-?)

Explore Global African History

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Andy Palacio (1960-2008)
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African National Congress (ANC)
John Magufuli
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John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (1959- )
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Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (1922-2012)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
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Thaddeus H. Spratlen: Scholar and Philanthropist Generating Economic Change in Black America
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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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